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RE: Type 16

Timo,

You should check the following:

- Do not set your data reader to interpolate 
  solar radiation

- The plot you sent does not include the first hours 
  of the year, so I assume you might not be starting the 
  simulation at "1". You should check your simulation start 
  time and the data reader mode (skip lines or not) carefully.
  I would recommend to try starting the simulation at the 
  beginning of the year. Note that the right START time if you use a hourly
data file 
  and you want to simulate the whole year is "1".
  Do NOT use 1/6 for starting time, even if your time 
  step is 1/6 

- Set the SHIFT parameter of Type 16 very carefully
  An easy check is to plot the extraterrestrial radiation
  computed by Type16. If you have a "shift" problem,
  you will see it immediately (the sunrise/sunset will 
  not match your data)
  You may also double check the latitude...

- If you are using "Smoothing", try to disable it


If your problem persists, you should contact your distributor and send them
the files needed to reproduce the problem

Regards,

Michaël Kummert

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